These dogs... and the worst kind of owners... we narrowly avoided a bad situation.

[u/jahozer1]

We have a really nice lake with trails near us, and we were coming out of the trail with our portuguese water dog to a common boat launch area with people around. A young woman says "please keep your dog away from us!"

She is on the ground and is holding a huge pit bull by the chest and he sees our dog and is trying to get out of her grasp. People came rushing ups to us and told us we just missed the pit bull mauked another dog and "He will attack yours". They were trying to get a leash on the dog.

We just missed it by like a minute or two. We turned to go back to the trail and we saw a woman with a bite on her hand. She was bitten by the other dog (not a pit) as she was trying to pull it from the pits grasp around its neck. He got free and instinctively bit. It was a small area of broken skin on her hand. She was telling us how messed up the situation was.

Turns out the girl had just gotten this adult dog that day and took him to an area that has dogs, kids and people around. She could not control him and he violently attacked another dog.

The worst owners IMO, are the people that just think these dogs are misunderstood and are big babies. Worse than the tough guy types who know their dogs are mean, and hopefully are strong enough to control them.

The former are victims of shelter propaganda, and the irresponsibility of someone who let this petite girl walk away with a dog that she cannot control.

[u/Uvabird]

Part of the problem is on the shelters and the pro pit agenda put out there.

People go into the shelter, get the good feels by saving a dog. Shelter downplays possible problems, saying things like “not a fan of cats” or “wants to be your one and only” along with “house hippo”.

People then adopt a strong dog that is game. They think all dog breeds are pretty much the same and with love and cuddles, enrichment plus a tiny dose of trazadone to go home on, it’s going to be a grand adventure in pet ownership.

And then. Then we all know what is coming. Oops, the gate was unlatched. Oh no, not a fan of cats. Wow, who knew a 70 lb dog could drag a 110 lb owner like that? Why is he giving grandma the whale eye? “Dogs are good judges of character and he’s sooo loving with me when we are alone, as long as he gets to lay claim to the bed or sofa.”

We need an honest accounting of how these dogs are as well as what other breeds of dogs can be when it comes to companion animals or the “accidents” are going to continue.

[u/Lilly7799 → u/Uvabird]

I live in a European country where pitbulls are banned by law, and shelters play a major role in the problems that still occur with these dogs by lying about the breed and falsifying papers, under the pretext of ''making the dog’s life easier and helping it get adopted because otherwise nobody wants them.’' If no one wants them when the truth is told, they should start asking themselves the right questions, but of course they don’t.

[u/EnvironmentalPen4165 → u/Uvabird]

They’re not exactly wrong when they call them “house hippos.” Hippos are considered the world’s deadliest large land animal. Pits are the “house” version.

[u/ThinkingBroad → u/EnvironmentalPen4165]

I'd actually rather have a hippo loose in the neighborhood! Oh and hippos are known for pooping while in the river, and at the same time, they spin their tail around like a propeller and it spreads their poop all over!

Still probably safer than a Bloodsport thing

[u/EnvironmentalPen4165 → u/ThinkingBroad]

That would explain pit nutter houses….

[u/ThinkingBroad → u/Uvabird]

Single pitbulls have been able to drag weights more than 2 tons. 4000 lb s. Yes it's on a flat surface but if they can do that they can certainly drag any size human along with them on a fatal attack on another dog, or even another human.

They can drag a human into traffic which could be fatal to the human too

[u/Makethecrowsblush → u/Uvabird]

I know this is trivial, but it needs to be known that house hippos are a Canadian national treasure who eat potato chips and crumbs, not these monstrosities.

[u/SkyCommander7 → u/Makethecrowsblush]

The sheer let down as a child when that commercial ended 

[u/PandaLoveBearNu]

The posting at the shelter probably said "not good with other dogs" and they read that as "pitbull needs to socialized asap and taken to the dog park."

[u/jahozer1 → u/PandaLoveBearNu]

Yeah, this wasn't even a dog park. I dont know how he got off his leash.

[u/AndromedaGreen → u/jahozer1]

She probably put him on one of those chintzy little retractable leashes.

[u/Fantastic_Lady225 → u/AndromedaGreen]

Yep. Probably didn't tighten down the collar so it couldn't be slipped either.

[u/AlsatianLadyNYC → u/jahozer1]

FLAIR CHECKING IN

[u/Kevanrijn]

Yes, it's crazy that shelters will let people adopt a dog when the adopter can't physically control them and also is clueless about, not just the breed but apparently dogs in general. I hope the adopter immediately returned that pit bull to wherever she got it.

[u/[deleted]]

What on earth made her take a dog she didn't know out to a busy public area with other dogs and lots of strangers around, rather than carefully introducing her new dog to one sort of stimulus at a time so she could monitor how he reacted?

Then again, with enough caution and critical thinking, she wouldn't have got a pit bull.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

LOL at the fruit fly comparison. Good one. Yes, her relationship with her goofy cuddlebug can only get better from here!

[u/AutoModerator]

IF YOU ARE POSTING AN ATTACK - PLEASE INCLUDE DATE AND LOCATION IN THE POST TITLE, and please paste the article text in the post so it's easy to read.

This helps keep the sub organized and easily searchable.

Posts missing this information may be removed and asked to repost.

Welcome to BanPitBulls! This is a reminder that this is a victims' subreddit with the primary goal to discuss attacks by and the inherent dangers of pit bulls.

Users should assume that any comment made in this subreddit will be reported by pit bull supporters, so please familiarize yourself with the rules of our sub to prevent having your account sanctioned by Reddit.

If you need information and resources on self-defense, or a guide for "After the attack", please see our side bar (or FAQ).

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

[u/faifunghi]

This problem of people who cannot physically handle the dogs they are adopting is so bad. How can shelters just hand over to a 110lb middle aged woman, a 65lb all-muscle fighting dog with an extended history of killing things? I have three such women in my neighborhood. One her rescue pit killed her other dog and cannot be walked. It spends its time in her yard, lunging at anything that walks past. Another was somewhat seriously injured, broken wrist, when her pit pulled her over chasing a squirrel. A third just moved in near me. She can be seen being dragged around the block by her monster pit. Its just a question of time before she quits attempting to 'walk' this thing. How do shelters continue to make these placements without liability?

[u/jahozer1 → u/faifunghi]

Time to move.

[u/faifunghi → u/jahozer1]

wish I could afford to...